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Moderna sales increase 242 times in Q1, says COVID-19 vaccine 96% effective in teens
BREAKING: Biden administration calls for waiving IP protections for COVID-19 vaccines
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Noble expands its services for its clients into Human FactorsHuman Factors + (HF+) is a natural extension of Noble’s deep understanding of the patient experience relative to self-administering drug…
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Canadian federal advisory committee prefers mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
Canada’s National Advisory Council on Immunization (NACI) has recommended that Canadians wait to receive the messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines from Moderna (NSDQ:MRNA) and Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech (NSDQ:BNTX) when feasible. The advice stands in contrast to prior guidance that Canadians seek the first-available vaccines. “What we’re saying and what we’ve said all along is that mRNA vaccines are the…
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Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine shipments plunge
Johnson & Johnson will cut COVID-19 vaccine shipments by 86% in the coming week, according to CDC projections. The week of April 5, the company shipped nearly 5 million doses. Next week, that figure could fall to approximately 700,000. The company anticipates that it can eventually deliver up to 8 million doses weekly, assuming FDA authorizes…
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BREAKING: Biden administration calls for waiving IP protections for COVID-19 vaccines
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced this afternoon that the Biden administration supports waiving IP protections for COVID-19 vaccines. “This is a global health crisis, and the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic call for extraordinary measures,” Tai said in the statement. Tai said the U.S. will actively participate in World Trade Organization text-based negotiations…
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GSK, Pfizer and J&J among the most-fined drug companies, according to study
GlaxoSmithKline (LON:GSK) paid nearly $10 billion in inflation-adjusted financial penalties between January 2003 and December 2016, the highest tally for any drug company, according to research published in JAMA. That sum was more than any other in a sampling of 26 companies paying fines inside the U.S. Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) was next in line with…
Nostrum Laboratories recalls Type 2 diabetes drug over contamination problems
Flu vaccination worries rise in South Korea following deaths
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Losartan Potassium Tablets
